Grieshaber, HAP

Description:

Rot an der Rot, 1909 - Reutlingen, 1981
62 x 82,5 cm, R.
"Grasmann", c. 1949. Gouache and watercolour on cardboard. Estate stamp.
Preliminary study for the woodcut of the same name (Fürst 49/10).
Collection Margarete Hannsmann.
Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart.
Grieshaber's comment on this painting has been handed down by a contemporary witness: "Der Grasmann ist ein Vetter der antiken Daphne".
With this reference to mythology, the artist wants to suggest the closeness to nature of his depiction: The human figure squats amicably between large bird-like animals, as it were a symbiosis between man and animal.
It was the time when Grieshaber settled in his garden house on the Achalm and led a life with all his animals in the midst of nature.